One of the most rewarding and selfless forms of love is that for a child. Even if you, personally, cannot have a child or you can recall an example of a mother that treated her children with abuse and neglect, try to imagine the countless other examples of a mother’s devoted and unconditional love. Consider the act of allowing another human to grow inside of you and then to nurture its defenseless being upon its birth.
What motivates the mother to continue through the pain of pregnancy, childbirth, and child rearing? Is it instinct or something different? What drives a mother to put her life on the line without question for her child and to make life decisions around the safety and health of that child?
If these considerations brought any degree of sadness or sense of frustration that you didn’t feel this type of love from your birth-mother, then please take some time to process your grief and explore how this sadness might keep you from fully allowing other people to give you love and nurturing. Difficulty accepting compliments, loving acts of kindness, gifts, and even long hugs may be a sign of discomfort receiving love.
Inspiration for the Day: “Many people are living in an emotional jail without realizing it.” –Virginia Satir
Note: This is an ongoing series to help provide support during these challenging times. These daily readings are part of an overall book on balance, which includes 12 essentials for maintaining balance to support resilience and your best self. The 12 essentials include mind, body, love, service, self, family, intimacy, purpose, environment/living space, nature, social relations, and spirit. This series is sharing 30 days of lessons about love. It will examine multiple aspects of love and provide knowledge and inspiration for hearts to heal and love to flow. It is designed as a daily reader to allow time to reflect, process and incorporate.
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